Almost citizens : Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and empire / Sam Erman, University of Southern California.

Almost Citizens lays out the tragic story of how the United States denied Puerto Ricans full citizenship following annexation of the island in 1898. As America became an overseas empire, a handful of remarkable Puerto Ricans debated with US legislators, presidents, judges, and others over who was a...

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Main Author:	Erman, Sam (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:	Studies in legal history.
Subjects:	Citizenship > United States. Puerto Ricans > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States. Puerto Rico > International status. Puerto Rico > Politics and government > 1898-1952.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108233866
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